[HBFixedGear]

My control keeps getting stuck at the following line:

G0 X.3096 Z1. (RAPID TO 1 INCH FROM FACE)

When it stops here I get a "003 TOO MANY DIGITS" alarm. According to the alarm code list this means I have entered too many digits. Very helpful. Anyone run into this before?

Bob J

[dcoupar]

Please post some more code. 5 blocks either side should do.

[muddobber76]

Yea there is nothing wrong with that line, more than likely it is one or a few lines after, as most all modern controls read a few to several lines of code ahead of the one being executed.

[sinha_nsit]

TOO MANY DIGITS: In direct input (i.e., not through calculations), you cannot use more than eight digits, including zeroes.

[HBFixedGear]

Apologies for the tardy reply. I was out for a couple of days and by the time I returned an operator had butchered the program so badly the alarm problem became moot. It seems that leaving the edit key in is a license to kill. After rewriting the program I didn't have the issue so I am assuming it was either an input error or one of my descriptions was to long. Either way it is a phantom until it occurs again. Thank you for your suggestions and responses.

Bob J

[The Engine Guy]

Apologies for the tardy reply. I was out for a couple of days and by the time I returned an operator had butchered the program so badly the alarm problem became moot. It seems that leaving the edit key in is a license to kill. After rewriting the program I didn't have the issue so I am assuming it was either an input error or one of my descriptions was to long. Either way it is a phantom until it occurs again. Thank you for your suggestions and responses.

Bob J

Hi Bob J

Possible you had the program line numbers going above the 9999 that is the usual Fanuc default amount, if for example you have a program where you set the numbers to go in increments of say 10 to allow for editing at the machine it is easy to end up with numbers that go above the 9999 limit and that will bring up the P/S 003 alarm.

Could be when you re-wrote the program you set the line number increments to a smaller amount so didn`t hit the magic 9999!!

Regards
Rob
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[TheMaintenanceGuy]

Hi Bob J

Possible you had the program line numbers going above the 9999 that is the usual Fanuc default amount, if for example you have a program where you set the numbers to go in increments of say 10 to allow for editing at the machine it is easy to end up with numbers that go above the 9999 limit and that will bring up the P/S 003 alarm.

Could be when you re-wrote the program you set the line number increments to a smaller amount so didn`t hit the magic 9999!!

Regards
Rob
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I am currently getting this error trying to run M198 to run a program with N-block increments of 2, to 9999, and then restarting at N100 several times in one program. I can run this in my 0i-MF machine no problem. Does 21i not allow N blocks above 10000 or is it ok to restart at 1?

Example

N9984 G03 X59.2518 Y33.8386 I-.0985 J0.
N9986 Y33.4447 I0. J-.1969
N9988 Y33.8386 I0. J.1969
N9990 X59.1534 Y33.7401 I0. J-.0985
N9992 G01 G40 X59.2518 Y33.6417
N9994 Z-1.4728
N9996 G41 D3 X59.3476 Y33.7375
N9998 G03 X59.2518 Y33.8332 I-.0958 J0.
N100 Y33.4501 I0. J-.1916
N102 Y33.8332 I0. J.1916
N104 X59.1561 Y33.7375 I0. J-.0958
N106 G01 G40 X59.2518 Y33.6417
N108 Z-1.4927
N110 G41 D3 X59.345 Y33.7348

[drdos]

Actually you don't have to have a line number on every line. It's only required when you jump to a particular line number, otherwise they do nothing. Some programmers use them only at tool numbers so they can forward search to that part in the program.

[g-codeguy]

Actually you don't have to have a line number on every line. It's only required when you jump to a particular line number, otherwise they do nothing. Some programmers use them only at tool numbers so they can forward search to that part in the program.

Yup. Line number at each operation. Line number if using GOTO statements. Otherwise a waste of memory and a pain to look at once used to not having them. Should note I only program lathes. Maybe you mill guys have a different need for them.